home'd

it's been a little while, and i figure i should at least update this thing. today marks 2 full weeks of having lived in the house that i've paid to live in for over a month already. yes, on tuesday, feb 15, i got to move in. a few fun points of the events that have taken place on/after that day...

• on my move-in day, i got to the house and saw how much they hadn't done after swearing it'd all be done by monday 2/14. i ran to calm down, got back and found them working (late, again...surprise). i then proceeded to get in a shouting match with realtor Jerry about how they're liars that ended with me storming out mid-conversation. i was afraid i'd hit him if i didn't leave. where was i supposed to go, home? luckily he was gone when i got back a half hour later.
• the floors and a toilet are still disgustingly stained. this was all supposed to be cleaned before we moved in. and again after we could legally live here. and again by 2/14. and again by 2/16, definitely by that weekend. i gave up and cleaned it myself. nope, it's stained really badly. sweet "new house" stains. there's also still a pile of stuff in the garage.
• it took us less than a week to get tv and internet set up. appropriately, 5 days after comcast set up our internet, they came and cut our cable at the telephone pole in the alley. seriously? 5 days? yes. 5. days.
• last weekend, i went out hard. the next day, i got really sick from food poisoning. i'm sure it was super funny for the lady at the store to see me run away from the register to throw up. i kept it up the rest of the night and didn't feel good until last wednesday. the bright side: at least i had my own bed to go be sick in. how much would it suck to be sick and homeless?
• our "brand new" dryer broke. it was the 4th time we've ever used it when the cement mixer sound came to a halt and it refused to spin anymore. the repair guy was supposed to be here by noon, but it's 2pm and he just called to say he's on his way.
• rent is due today for the 2nd time. let me reiterate, i've lived here for 15 days and i'm already paying rent, again. maybe i should take their approach and promise it, then pay next month.